October Sky – OpenLinkNight

 Written for the First Tuesday of October #OpenLinkNight @dVersePoets

Writing Notes: Inspired by a quotation, “I had discovered that learning something, no matter how  complex, wasn’t hard when I had a reason to want to know it.”― Homer H. Hickam, Rocket Boys
 

I’m held by a Harvest Moon 

setting on top of the sun.

I walk, collecting a jarful of stars

to light my way—

And here, a tangerine sunset

points starward above the tree lines.

Out and away—

skywinds blow home as summer wanes.

High upon an Ozark mountain ridge 

where oak and pine trees meet the sky,

I walk out into the woodlands along the road’s edge,

dropping out of sight.

I close my eyes, lifting my face to the sun—

My heart opens.

I look up to the sky,

and the stars look down— a cup held—

I face the wind

I touch the wind

I capture the sun and moon—

Tucking them away for another winter’s day.